Ford Signs Bill Granting Refugee Aid
President Ford signed a 405 million dollar bill to aid Indochina war refugees. Contracts with nine private voluntary agencies will help resettle about 100000 people with 70 million for that purpose and 65 million for Defense airlift costs. First 590 refugees arrive at Indiantown Gap camp in Pennsylvania Wednesday as relocation resumes.
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Indiantown Gap
State Department
Pacific
U.S
Beirut divisions deepen as military government watches
Beit urban chaos continues as armed gangs set roadblocks in Beirut while Lebanon forms a military government to restore order without martial law. Officials say dialogue aims to end fighting between Palestinian guerrillas, Phalangists, and other militias amid mounting opposition and sporadic shooting.
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Palestine Liberation Organization
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Tripoli
Rashid Solh
Suleiman Franjieh
Noureddin Rifai
Moussa Kanan
Information and Education
Cairo
Israel
Kanan
President Ford pledges to find missing soldiers
President Ford asks Americans to pray for the safety of servicemen missing in action in Indochina and vows continued efforts to obtain an accounting of MIAs. He spoke at Arlington National Cemetery on Memorial Day, stressing strength, resolve, and duty as foundational to freedom.
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Ford
Indochina
Arlington National Cemetery
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Oklahoma bill to end state gift tax on spousal exchanges
State Senate approved a gift tax repeal aimed at spouses and sent the measure to Gov. Boren. The action occurred during Memorial Day with House members mostly absent. The bill would cost about 250000 dollars annually per the Oklahoma Tax Commission.
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Population May Slow Growth Due to Family Planning Push
Washington AP reports experts see a new push for family planning potentially slowing population growth in impoverished nations. Lawrence Kegan notes rising requests for international funding, with India cited as partial success and China as a complete success, while Vatican relations vary.
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Washington Journalism Center
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India
People’s Republic of China
Paul
U.S. Commonwealth of Puerto Rico
Latin America
Brazil
Cuba
Vikki Carr Receives Honorary Law Degree at USD
Singer Vikki Carr is awarded an honorary Doctor of Laws by the University of San Diego for founding the Vikki Carr Scholarship Foundation aiding 51 Mexican American students since 1970. She notes her diploma bears her birth name Florencia Bisenta de Casillo Martinez Cardona.
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California Farm Labor Bill Nears Final Victory
California lawmakers moved halfway through the session on Gov. Brown's plan to end farm strife by permitting state supervised secret elections for union recognition. The compromise, endorsed by Cesar Chavez and the United Farm Workers and the Teamsters, could allow elections as early as September. The measure faces two Assembly committee hearings and a final floor vote before reaching the governor for signing.
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Brown
Cesar Chavez
United Farm Workers Union
Teamsters Union
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State Senate
More Towns May Be Adopted By Celebrities In Oklahoma
William L. White, California attorney and former Lawton resident, says more Oklahoma black communities may be adopted by show business celebrities. He notes the program hinges on dedication, not publicity, and that figures like Redd Foxx Flip Wilson and Sammy Davis Jr. have already adopted Taft Boley Langston and even served as police chiefs.
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California
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Sammy Davis Jr
Girls State 1975 Elections Highlight Oklahoma Event
Officers elected at the 1975 session include Laurie Dew of Byng named treasurer of Gilmore City and Kay Floyd of Ada elected street commissioner for Johnson City as delegates gather for Oklahoma Girls State. Four hundred sixteen delegates come from 16 mythical cities as county and state elections close with a governor race tonight. The program divided into Boomer and Sooner factions runs a week on East Central campus under the American Legion Auxiliary.
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Byng
Gilmore City
Kay Floyd
Ada
Johnson City
The
American Legion Auxiliary
East Central
State Toll Rises in Memorial Day Traffic Deaths
The Associated Press reports Oklahoma's Memorial Day traffic toll reached 10, bringing 1975 highway deaths to 279, up from 240 a year earlier. Victims include Mark W. Larson, 12, of New Castle, who died after a car was struck on Interstate 240 in Oklahoma City, and Lou Ann Brady, 19, of Conway, Ark., who died from injuries after a two car wreck near Tahlequah.
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Newcastle
Oklahoma City
Lou Ann Brady
Conway
Ark
Tulsa
Tahlequah
Cherokee County
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